FARMERS BOY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£59K
+37.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£346M
+5.9% vs 2023
Employees
2,613
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20M
+125.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FARMERS BOY LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- BARHURST PROPERTIES LIMITED 1972-05-10 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £678,646,000 | £714,923,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,967,000 | £20,255,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,967,000 | £20,255,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,997,000 | £19,224,000 | |
| Cash | £43,000 | £59,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £338,887,000 | £359,142,000 | |
| Net assets | £326,960,000 | £346,184,000 | |
| Equity | £326,960,000 | £346,184,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,668 | 2,613 | |
| Wages | £66,931,000 | £72,257,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.09x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The immediate parent of the Company is Wm Morrison Supermarkets Holdings Limited and the ultimate parent and controlling party of the Group is Market Topco Limited. The Company has obtained a letter of support from the ultimate parent, Market Topco Limited, that confirms financial support will be provided where required, for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and, in particular, it will not demand repayment of any amounts currently outstanding.”
Group structure
- FARMERS BOY LIMITED · parent
- Farmers Boy (Deeside) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There were no significant developments during the 52 weeks ended 27 October 2024 requiring specific consideration of the long-term consequences on stakeholders, of decisions made.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Jonathan James | Secretary | 2017-02-22 | — | — |
| DANIEL, Russell | Director | 2025-03-27 | Feb 1983 | British |
| THORNBER, Andrew Edward | Director | 2005-10-19 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKROYD, Martin | Secretary | — | 2001-02-01 |
| AMSDEN, Mark Rowan | Secretary | 2013-02-13 | 2017-02-22 |
| BURKE, Jonathan James | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2009-03-16 |
| MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2013-01-11 |
| ACKROYD, Martin | Director | — | 2002-09-02 |
| AHMED, Maz | Director | 2021-12-15 | 2025-11-11 |
| BLACKHURST, Darren Anthony | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2018-10-17 |
| CLAPPEN, Andrew James | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2021-12-08 |
| CLAYBOROUGH, Stephen John | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2011-05-12 |
| EMMOTT, Francis Robert | Director | — | 1993-07-07 |
| FLETCHER, Martyn Paul | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2013-09-20 |
| GLEESON, Michael | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2017-05-16 |
| HARRISON, Mark | Director | 2013-09-20 | 2016-02-18 |
| HUTCHINSON, David Robert | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2007-06-29 |
| LILL, Jonathan Craig | Director | 2009-09-07 | 2016-02-18 |
| LORD, Albert | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| MELNYK, Marie Margaret | Director | 1998-01-26 | 2006-12-06 |
| MIAO, Lisa | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2012-07-12 |
| MOLULUO, Veli | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2023-11-17 |
| MORRISON, Kenneth Duncan, Sir | Director | 1993-08-31 | 2008-03-13 |
| MURRELL, Brian Leonard | Director | — | 2005-10-19 |
| POPE, Liam | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2012-07-04 |
| REED, Jonathan William | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2020-06-10 |
| STITSON, Mark Thomas | Director | 2017-05-16 | 2021-04-09 |
| SYKES, Anthony John | Director | 1995-04-18 | 2000-10-10 |
| TAYLOR, Elizabeth Claire | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2025-03-28 |
| TRICKETT, Robert | Director | 1995-04-18 | 2000-10-10 |
| WALKER, Christopher | Director | 2005-10-19 | 2011-09-06 |
| WINTER, Jamie Andrew | Director | 2012-07-12 | 2016-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wm Morrison Supermarkets Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-31 | Active |
| Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-27 vs 2023-10-29
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£678,646,000 £714,923,000
-
Cash
+37.2%
£43,000 £59,000
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£326,960,000 £346,184,000
-
Employees
-2.1%
2,668 2,613
-
Operating profit
+125.9%
£8,967,000 £20,255,000
-
Profit before tax
+125.9%
£8,967,000 £20,255,000
-
Wages
+8%
£66,931,000 £72,257,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers